(Pard) says he was paid $35 a week as a 16-year-old rookie
working more than 40 hours a week practising, travelling and playing for the
Sea Dogs. And despite three seasons in the league, he’ll never see the
education scholarship he earned because he chose to continue playing hockey
overseas in France when his playing days in the CHL concluded.

Pard was a fourth-round pick of the Sea Dogs in the 2006
QMJHL Entry Draft. In 89 career games with Saint John, the right winger
registered 26 goals and 17 assists.

Last season, the 25-year
old recorded two goals and eight assists with the AHL’s Binghamton Senators
following a trade from the Anaheim Ducks organization to the Sens. Prior to the
deal, the offensive defenseman registered seven goals and 20 assists in 52
games with the Norfolk Admirals.

Grant, a 2007 fourth-round
pick of the Pittsburgh Penguins, made his National Hockey League debut last
season, registering two goals in two games with the Ducks.

Columbus Blue Jackets development camp comes to an end on
Thursday. Olivier LeBlanc appears to have made a decent impression.

“Olivier LeBlanc,
Columbus' seventh-round pick this year, is super talented with the puck,”
writes Rob Mixer of BlueJackets.com. “Creative in small spaces, a very good
passer. He's part of a great program with the Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL) that
has churned out very good NHL players in recent years.”

The Jackets drafted
LeBlanc in the seventh round of the 2014 NHL Draft.

KELLY TO THE CATS

The Florida Panthers are hoping Gerard Gallant and Mike
Kelly can rekindle the chemistry they found in Saint John.

"[Kelly and Gallant] had success in Saint John
together and are very comfortable coaching together,'' Panthers general manager
Dale Tallon told the Miami Herald. "We have a top-notch coaching staff.''

Saint John might have the largest Florida Panthers fan
base in Canada right now.

RICHER

Congrats to alum Phil Richer who was named head
coach of the Miramichi major midget team!
— Sea Dogs Alumni
(@SeaDogsAlumni) July
6, 2014

Richer was a fourth-round pick of the Sea Dogs in the
2007 QMJHL Entry Draft. He played in 45 games with Saint John over parts of two
seasons, registering a goal and three assists.